| LUCKY | Game not beginning - that's fortunate (5) |
| STAT | Numerical fact in beginning that's not right (4) |
| HENBANE | English bird blockade, at the beginning - that's toxic |
| DEAR | A corresponding beginning that's expensive (4) |
| RIDGE | Game not started by a back (5) |
| SHRUG | Quiet game not much good? Gesture here suggests indifference (5) |
| PIQUE | Resentment at card game not finishing (5) |
| TRACE | Hint about game not ending (5) |
| CUTIE | Endearing person in knockout game not keeping quiet (5) |
| EVENS | Odds of game not starting (5) |
| SPOOR | Trail round in game, not finishing |
| JUSTASWELL | Not too heavy a sea? That's fortunate (4,2,4) |
| SERENDIPITOUS | President's IOU written off? That's fortunate |
| DRAWNTO | Attracted by inconclusive result in game, not settled (5,2) |
| RUNALONG | Game not available for extensive period: leave (3,5) |
| BIRDSOFPREY | Eagles possibly after some game - not golf (5,2,4) |
| ACTAPART | Play one's own game, not considering one division (3,5) |
| OUT | A word used to mean away from home, in bloom, not in the game, not batting or unfashionable (3) |
| COQUET | Flirt in game, not right (6) |
| YAPPING | Wages rocketing, game not half barking! (7) |
